We must have a different definition of the word "business". I call places that sell things businesses - you know, like the places that sell hamburgers and toilet paper?
So, that is the only thing that qualifies as business? That's pretty insane. newsflash - there are many different types of business. Tell me, what's a "normal" business? That's impossible to define. Businesses do business. Education is as much a business as selling hamburgers. Publishing is a huge business, etc.
So does IBM PC-DOS 3.0 for that matter. If, as you claim, it's more profitable to use Macs, how come nobody does?
Most people are stupid. See for example, the popularity of Windows, despite its huge security flaws and usability issues. See also, the popularity of garbage TV shows, and nonsense diets.
You are overlooking the fact that even where the "creatives" may be using Macs, the sales, admin and support staff will still most likely be using PCs.
So what? How does that make Apples not "business machines"? I don't know anyone who doesn't use their Mac for work. Almost all Powerbooks are purchased at least partly for a business task. So, saying they are not capable of being used in business is absurd.
It's not particularly common, as I would use that term. I can go for months or years without ever seeing an Apple product being used in a profit-generating context
You must work with a very limited range of businesses, then.
ROI (Return On Investment). Except in particular niche businesses there are cheaper solutions than Apple, so using Apple is less cost effective than other means,
Only if you don't count the increased support costs and decreased productivity of using Windows. Apples have generally be found to have a better ROI in those few studies that have been conducted. You also ignore businesses like publishing, graphics, video, and music.
Perhaps you enjoy such a niche yourself; if so, your experience is not representative of the norm, as any examination of Apple's product sales will show.
Well, I see them in all kinds of businesses - from your general office worker, through education, and in specialist roles.
All businesses using laptops (with very few exceptions) will be using docks,
WIll be? What does that mean? In the real world, they don't.
so people can't sue them for RSI for using a laptop keyboard and pointer for 8 hours a day.
That's utterly stupid. And why do you need a dock to do that? Just plug in a USB keyboard and mouse. Not any more difficult than using a dock. In fact, easier.
In today's climate, if you think businesses are going to fork out for 2x hardware per person plus 2x support costs per person, then you're plain wrong.
Why would they have to spend twice as much? A dock is going to be nearly as expensive - because you still have to buy the display and keyboard, plus a dock. CPUs are cheap compared to decent displays. Desktops don't cost as much as laptops, so it wouldn't be 2x even if they did buy two whole machines.
I can imagine the number of calls a helpdesk would get if users were expected to manually plug in all peripheral cables every morning, and then successfully get their machine working on the external monitor, and it's not pretty
What the hell are you talking about? Plug external display into an Apple laptop, and it just works. Plug in keyboard/mouse to USB. If this is hard, then your employees should not be going near computers. And if Windows machines are so hard to use with external monitors, that is not a compelling reason to use them. I've never seen anyone have such problems with an Apple. So they must make more sense in abusiness environment, by your own logic.
But why would you do that, anyway? I've never seen any business taking such a strange approach to their machines. Most people either use their laptop all the time, or have a separate laptop and desktop machine. Also, the vast m ajority of Windows PCs bought by business are not dockable. I don't think your logic is valid. It just defies reality, because the vast majority of businesses do not use Dells with docking stations.
Dell just recalled a ton of their batteries for this very reason, and Apple laptops are generally not business machines.
I'm not sure why you say that. If Apple laptops are not "business machines," then why is it so common to see them being used for business? What quality are you referring to that makes them not suitable for business?
A $4 lithium battery? Sorry, I think you are bullshitting us. How is it possible to make a lithium battery (to power a laptop, etc, not a AA battery) with protection circuit for that much?
You don't get a legal ruling against somebody because they were "probably" doing something. That goes against everything the justice system stands for. Do you think we should send people to jail because they were "probably" burgling a house, just because somebody says so? I'm not sure why you are beiong an apologist for the RIAA, and for invalid evidence in general.
Excuse me while I wet wet my pants. Sure, release candidates 1 through 5727 were pretty boring, but now that #5728 is here, that's an exciting breakthrough that is surely worthy of front-page news!
So, what happens when you run out of space, but you want to update it with fresh music based on complex criteria? Do you go and manually delete the tracks you don't want on your player, and then manually add the new tracks you want to listen to? What if you don't know the specific tracks you want to add, but to select new music based on general guidelines? What if you want to hear something unexpected?
Just read through the replies in this sub-thread. Or just Google for "iTunes Smart Playlists" - they are very powerful, while being simple to use. You can set almost any combination of criteria for automatically syncing your songs. It would take a long time to create your own scripts to offer similar functionality.
Gee, that's way more convenient than using iTunes to synchronize my radio recordings with the iPod. At the moment, I record a LOT of radio shows using my machine's FM tuner. I use iTunes' "Smart Playlists" to copy the most recent files (constrained to a maximum total file size, and to certain genres) onto my iPod. Whenever I plug my iPod into the machine, it updates it with the latest radio recordings to my specification, and deletes older recordings if I have already listened to them.
How foolish I have been! It would be so much easier to write a script to do this, rather than spending a few seconds modifying a Smart Playlist! I see the light!
Most EULAs explicitly state that provisions that are not prohibited by local law are not valid. Now, can they enforce EULAs on those provisions that aren't covered by local consumer laws? I don't know, but I would say that in most places, the courts would probably say "yes they can" as long as they are within the law, and not anti-competitive, etc.
Parents' support of these sites stems in part from the idea that it's better for their kids to get their online introductions in a controlled environment -- as many of these sites promise -- than venture into the cyberjungle alone."
Sounds more to me like "the first hit of crack is free!"
I mean, what's wrong with the actual playground? Or actually exploring the physical world on your BMX bike, going down to the ol' swimmin' hole? I guess with the fear-mongering society we live in, parents would rather their kids be "safe" in a mind-numbing virtual world than face the "dangers" of a more stimulating outside world. This is just the perfect way to get kids to the point where their seratonin supply is regulated by the light of an LCD screen, rather than sunlight. Where their social success is measured in slashdot Karma, rather than... oh wait...
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So, that is the only thing that qualifies as business? That's pretty insane. newsflash - there are many different types of business. Tell me, what's a "normal" business? That's impossible to define. Businesses do business. Education is as much a business as selling hamburgers. Publishing is a huge business, etc.
So does IBM PC-DOS 3.0 for that matter. If, as you claim, it's more profitable to use Macs, how come nobody does?
Most people are stupid. See for example, the popularity of Windows, despite its huge security flaws and usability issues. See also, the popularity of garbage TV shows, and nonsense diets.
So what? How does that make Apples not "business machines"? I don't know anyone who doesn't use their Mac for work. Almost all Powerbooks are purchased at least partly for a business task. So, saying they are not capable of being used in business is absurd.
You must work with a very limited range of businesses, then.
ROI (Return On Investment). Except in particular niche businesses there are cheaper solutions than Apple, so using Apple is less cost effective than other means,
Only if you don't count the increased support costs and decreased productivity of using Windows. Apples have generally be found to have a better ROI in those few studies that have been conducted. You also ignore businesses like publishing, graphics, video, and music.
Perhaps you enjoy such a niche yourself; if so, your experience is not representative of the norm, as any examination of Apple's product sales will show.
Well, I see them in all kinds of businesses - from your general office worker, through education, and in specialist roles.
WIll be? What does that mean? In the real world, they don't.
so people can't sue them for RSI for using a laptop keyboard and pointer for 8 hours a day.
That's utterly stupid. And why do you need a dock to do that? Just plug in a USB keyboard and mouse. Not any more difficult than using a dock. In fact, easier.
In today's climate, if you think businesses are going to fork out for 2x hardware per person plus 2x support costs per person, then you're plain wrong.
Why would they have to spend twice as much? A dock is going to be nearly as expensive - because you still have to buy the display and keyboard, plus a dock. CPUs are cheap compared to decent displays. Desktops don't cost as much as laptops, so it wouldn't be 2x even if they did buy two whole machines.
I can imagine the number of calls a helpdesk would get if users were expected to manually plug in all peripheral cables every morning, and then successfully get their machine working on the external monitor, and it's not pretty
What the hell are you talking about? Plug external display into an Apple laptop, and it just works. Plug in keyboard/mouse to USB. If this is hard, then your employees should not be going near computers. And if Windows machines are so hard to use with external monitors, that is not a compelling reason to use them. I've never seen anyone have such problems with an Apple. So they must make more sense in abusiness environment, by your own logic.
Are you sure the line wasn't "Run, antivirus!!"?
I don't believe these pirates are really fighting for freedom of speech. They actually just want to get into Winona Ryder's pants.
But why would you do that, anyway? I've never seen any business taking such a strange approach to their machines. Most people either use their laptop all the time, or have a separate laptop and desktop machine. Also, the vast m ajority of Windows PCs bought by business are not dockable. I don't think your logic is valid. It just defies reality, because the vast majority of businesses do not use Dells with docking stations.
Huh? So, because you can use it for video, DVD and music, you can't use them for business?
Well there's that, but there's also the more widely available Stephen King. The goggles do nothing.
I am a crank, you insensitive clod!
I'm not sure why you say that. If Apple laptops are not "business machines," then why is it so common to see them being used for business? What quality are you referring to that makes them not suitable for business?
A $4 lithium battery? Sorry, I think you are bullshitting us. How is it possible to make a lithium battery (to power a laptop, etc, not a AA battery) with protection circuit for that much?
Is that some kind of large rodent?
You don't get a legal ruling against somebody because they were "probably" doing something. That goes against everything the justice system stands for. Do you think we should send people to jail because they were "probably" burgling a house, just because somebody says so? I'm not sure why you are beiong an apologist for the RIAA, and for invalid evidence in general.
Excuse me while I wet wet my pants. Sure, release candidates 1 through 5727 were pretty boring, but now that #5728 is here, that's an exciting breakthrough that is surely worthy of front-page news!
Do you have any links to the laws or rulings that state this?
So, what happens when you run out of space, but you want to update it with fresh music based on complex criteria? Do you go and manually delete the tracks you don't want on your player, and then manually add the new tracks you want to listen to? What if you don't know the specific tracks you want to add, but to select new music based on general guidelines? What if you want to hear something unexpected?
Just read through the replies in this sub-thread. Or just Google for "iTunes Smart Playlists" - they are very powerful, while being simple to use. You can set almost any combination of criteria for automatically syncing your songs. It would take a long time to create your own scripts to offer similar functionality.
How foolish I have been! It would be so much easier to write a script to do this, rather than spending a few seconds modifying a Smart Playlist! I see the light!
I'll be wearing a Zoot Suit, thank you very much.
Most EULAs explicitly state that provisions that are not prohibited by local law are not valid. Now, can they enforce EULAs on those provisions that aren't covered by local consumer laws? I don't know, but I would say that in most places, the courts would probably say "yes they can" as long as they are within the law, and not anti-competitive, etc.
No, it rhymes with "besslay" - notice that the "e" has an accent over it, and the "t" is silent.
Sounds more to me like "the first hit of crack is free!"
I mean, what's wrong with the actual playground? Or actually exploring the physical world on your BMX bike, going down to the ol' swimmin' hole? I guess with the fear-mongering society we live in, parents would rather their kids be "safe" in a mind-numbing virtual world than face the "dangers" of a more stimulating outside world. This is just the perfect way to get kids to the point where their seratonin supply is regulated by the light of an LCD screen, rather than sunlight. Where their social success is measured in slashdot Karma, rather than ... oh wait ...